Cubic chain 3

Communication Vehicles I - Freshman Foundation, Virginia Commonwealth University - VCU and Drafting and Sketching for Design, San Francisco State University

In this 3-D project, a square is first sectioned into two parts. The section is repeated on the six faces of the cube, which are then recombined to obtain more complex external surfaces. The external sections determine how the interior will be divided and a model is made, splitting the cube into three equal complex volumes. Based on the work of Paul Klee and Giorgio Scarpa. In some cases, a simpler cube can be made with only two modules. In a very complex case, 12 modules were used. In another variation, the modules in each cube can be linked to those in a another cube, forming open or closed chains that can be folded back into minimal cell volumes. An interesting question is whether such folding is always possible, regardless of the type of initial section of the cubic face. More information about the work of Giorgio Scarpa can be found at the URL below.